Bound by centuries of bad blood, England’s two most powerful families maintain a veneer of civility...until the heir
to the staggering Redmond fortune disappears, reviving rumors of an ancient
curse: a Redmond and an Eversea are destined to fall disastrously in love once
per generation.

An enduring legend

Rumor has it she broke Lyon Redmond’s heart. But while many
a man has since wooed the dazzling Olivia Eversea, none has ever won her—which
is why jaws drop when she suddenly accepts a viscount’s proposal. Now London
waits with bated breath for the wedding of a decade…and wagers on the return of
an heir.

An eternal love

It was instant and irresistible, forbidden...and
unforgettable. And Lyon—now a driven, dangerous, infinitely devastating
man—decides it’s time for a reckoning. As the day of her wedding races toward
them, Lyon and Olivia will decide whether their love is a curse destined to tear
their families part...or the stuff of which legends are made.

Excerpt:

He’d last seen
Pennyroyal Green in the dead of night almost five years ago. His trajectory
since then had been as swift and mindless as if he’d been shot from a cannon.
And it wasn’t just because of what Olivia had said to him in the garden after
midnight, in the pouring rain. Though after she’d said what she’d said, for a
time he’d stopped caring what became of him.

No, that fuse had been
lit for longer than anyone knew.

No one from Sussex had
seen him since.

Though one had certainly
tried. He half smiled at the thought of Violet.

And it was this that had
broken the speed of his trajectory.

And he’d had his own
methods for remaining, however tangentially, informed about the lives of those
he’d left behind. He’d proved something over the past five years. He’d at first
thought it was all for Olivia. But he was no longer certain. He’d tried to
purge his life of her, relinquishing even her miniature.

Clearly it hadn’t
worked.

But what no one knew,
not even his crew, was that this was his final voyage. He’d risked this trip
into London to track down the source of a little mystery that could devastate
Olivia and her family.

He now had his answer.

He was, strangely, not
surprised by it.

But he hadn’t been
prepared to make a decision about what to do next so soon.

Oh, Liv, he thought.

Suddenly it hurt to
breathe. Fragments of memories rushed at him, each distinct as stained glass.

Olivia walking along the
road to the Duffys’ house, then breaking into a run when she saw him waiting
beneath the elm tree, her face lighting like a star. As if even a second away
from him was wasted.

That was the memory that
always came to him in his darkest moments.

And now she was giving
herself to another man.

His fingers curled on a
surge of emotion. But he stopped just short of giving the message the crushing
it deserved.

She. If Lavay had indeed written that word, he might have seen
her, or even talked to her, or …

He couldn’t do it.

He couldn’t bloody do
it.

And this is what decided
him.

He tucked the message
into his coat. “You can go, Ramsey,” he said. “Thank you.”

The footman spun and
nearly bolted, silver braid glinting in the sun.

Lyon turned to face all
the expectant faces of his crew.

“And we,” he told them,
“are staying in England.”

It was time for a
reckoning.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Pennyroyal Green series!

About the Author:

Julie Anne Long originally
set out to be a rock star when she grew up, and she has the guitars and the
questionable wardrobe stuffed in the back of her closet to prove it. When
playing to indifferent crowds at midnight in dank clubs lost its, ahem, charm,
she realized she could incorporate all of the best things about being in a
band—namely, drama, passion and men with unruly hair—into novels, while at the
same time indulging her love of history and research. So she made the move from
guitar to keyboard (the computer variety) and embarked on a considerably more
civilized, if not much more peaceful, career as a novelist.

Julie lives in the San
Francisco Bay Area with a fat orange cat. (Little known fact: they issue you a
cat the minute you become a romance novelist.)

Monday, September 28, 2015

As a huge fan of the
Argeneau series by Lynsay Sands, I have been waiting, somewhat patiently, for
Bricker to get his story. Well, it’s finally here. ABOUT A VAMPIRE, book 22 of
the Argeneau series by Lynsay Sands releases tomorrow, September 29, 2015 and
the adorable Justin Bricker gets his HEA.

***eARC
provided by publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest and unscripted
review

Blurb for ABOUT A
VAMPIRE:

In New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands'
new Argeneau novel, a vampire accustomed to seducing every woman he meets finds
the one determined to resist him...

With immortal good looks
and scorching charisma, Justin Bricker has yet to meet a woman he can't win
over. His potential life mate should be no different. But instead of falling
into his bed, Holly Bosley runs away and ends up mortally wounded. To save her,
he has to turn her. And then Bricker learns the shocking truth: Holly's already
married.

Holly wakes up with a
bump on her head, a craving for blood, and a sexy stranger who insists they
belong together. She needs Bricker's help to control her new abilities, even as
she tries to resist his relentless seduction. Choosing between the world she
knows and the eternity he offers is impossible. But Justin is fighting for his
life mate—maybe even his life—and he'll break every rule to do it.

v**v v**v v**v v**v v**v

Holly
Bosley is content with her life, her marriage, and has great hopes for a career
as an accountant once her schooling is complete. Working in a temp position,
she’s doing the taxes for a funeral home. Ideal, it might not be, but it’s a
good position even though she’s a little freaked out over the whole idea of
what goes on at the place. Now having to visit the crematorium after returning
to her office in the middle of the night because she’d forgotten her purse
there and discovering some paperwork had been overlooked was truly freaking her
out. Not wanting someone’s funeral to be held up because of late paperwork, she
makes the journey across the dark and creepy cemetery to the building where not
only are the bodies of the deceased cremated but they are also stored. Newly
dead bodies stacked in a cooler awaiting their fate in the retorts…what the ovens are called by the staff. Discovering two men
there that she doesn’t recognize was shock enough especially since they had
their own stack of bodies on a gurney. Witnessing a head separated from its
body fall to the floor in a splat was enough to send her fleeing for the door.

Justin
Bricker was used to the dirty work that came with being an Enforcer in the
world of immortals so a middle of the night visit to a crematorium was nothing
new. Being spotted by a mortal that he couldn’t read and control was not. The
young woman in her pajamas carrying scissors was not anything like he’d thought
his life mate would be, but he wasn’t going to let her get away now that he
knew she existed. When she fights to escape and falls on the scissors, Justin
makes the quick decision to turn her and save her life. Excited, happy, and
ready to be united with his life mate, to experience the amazing thrill of
having his life mate with him, he’s shocked, disappointed and fearful of
retribution when he discovers she can’t be his yet…she’s married.

Of
all of the mortals who found themselves as the life mate of an immortal, I
think Holly accepted the news and the idea of being an immortal the best, once
she understood they weren’t really vampires that is. Although insistent that no
matter how connected she and Justin
were, her marriage came first and so she would never cheat on her husband. She even thought her sex dreams about Justin
were cheating and when she found out they were shared, she was very unhappy
about it. But overall, Holly was pretty cool with the idea of being immortal
even if it meant dining on blood the rest of her life. I won’t tell you how
things end up because that wouldn’t be fair to you but I will say that I wish
the ending was a bit different. I felt it was rushed and Justin deserved
better. He especially deserved to experience the ultimate in life mate sex but
he does get his happily ever after with Holly, eventually.

Despite
the weak ending, ABOUT A VAMPIRE by Lynsay Sands is a great addition to the
Argeneau series. It’s a story filled with fun, teasing, Bricker’s usual young
immortal quirkiness, and I couldn’t have picked a more perfect life mate for
him than Holly. She’s a bit a klutz and quirky too. If you’re an Argeneau fan,
you need to read ABOUT A VAMPIRE, book 22 in the series and the story we’ve all
been waiting for a long time. For the rest of you, if you haven’t tried this
series, you’re truly missing out on the most fun you can have in paranormal
romance.

Happy
Reading Everyone!

ABOUT
A VAMPIRE, an Argeneau novel by Lynsay Sands, Avon Romance, release date –
September 29, 2015 and available in print and ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes& Noble, and Kobobooks.

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Friday, September 25, 2015

I am a huge fan of action-suspense so when HelenKay
Dimon introduced us to the Bad Boys Undercover series in the novella, RUNNING HOT, I fell in love with these guys. Inspired by the amazing Cinemax series
STRIKE BACK, this series is hot, hot, hot! PLAYING DIRTY by HelenKay Dimon
continues the action, suspense, and down and dirty sexy bad boys!

***Print copy given to me by a friend, who I
thank profusely for allowing me the delight of reading this, and so I’m sharing
my honest and unscripted review.

Blurb for PLAYING DIRTY:

As an elite Alliance
agent—the joint undercover operation of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence
Service, and the CIA—Ford Decker lives for the adrenaline. But when he
befriends sexy property manager Shay Alexander in hopes of finding her cousin,
a known national security threat, Ford crosses the line, getting to know her
better . . . in bed.After being burned by her last relationship, Shay wants to take things slow.
Yet she can't keep her hands off the drop-dead gorgeous hottie who's moved into
her apartment building. So when Ford's identity as an undercover agent is
exposed, his betrayal cuts deep. Shay never wants to see him again, but Ford
can't let her go, not when her life is still in danger. He will sacrifice
everything to protect her, then be prepared to walk away from the only woman
he's ever loved, even if it breaks him.

~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Shay Alexander hasn’t had the greatest luck with
men and with an overprotective uncle, sometimes family can be more of a hindrance
than a help so when a gorgeous tech savvy guy moves in across the hall, she’s
not overly excited about taking their hot off the intro sex every night relationship out into the open. Not that
it really matter since Ford always seems to be on call and out of town
so traditional dating isn’t really in the cards but he is damn sexy and she wouldn't mind showing him off a bit, even if
she is becoming more curious about what he does and where he goes.

Ford Decker – he’s hot, he’s sexy, and he’s
dangerous. Working for Alliance means he has the opportunity to do some good,
keep folks safe, and not have to get bogged down by too many rules but what he
hadn’t counted on was having to get close to a woman he found himself wanting
to be overly close to. He was only supposed to being watching Shay in case her
cousin, the man Alliance was looking for, made contact or if he saw evidence
she was involved in her cousin’s theft of a dangerous toxin, but she was too
hard to resist. Now he’s watching her from the pillow beside her own and he
hates that he has to lie to her every minute they are together. When things
get hotter, and a mole is suspected, Ford has to risk everything including what
he has with Shay to stop the bad guys.

Okay, I will say right off the bat that I had
hoped for a little more STRIKE BACK styled action like we got in RUNNING HOT. But
PLAYING DIRTY by HelenKay Dimon was still a thrill ride a minute whether Ford
and the Bravo Team were out in the field or Ford was messing up the sheets, or getting
naughty on the kitchen floor with Shay. The suspense created is carried over
from the mission to the one on one with Shay and it worked so well. My gut told
me that Shay had no idea what was happening around her but HelenKay still
managed to make me wonder. I admit, I had the bad guy figured out long before
he was revealed but waiting for it was part of the fun. The secondary
characters in this series play as important a role to each of the books as the
main characters. Getting inside Ward and Tasha’s heads and getting their take
on Ford is as much fun as it was in RUNNING HOT. The give and take and slam
back that exists between the members of the Alliance teams is definitely as
good as anything on STRIKE BACK, and that’s one of the main reasons I love this
series.

I can’t wait to read the next one, FALLING HARD,
book 2, already available, and then FACING FIRE, book 3, coming next week. I
guess I’d better catch up and so should you, if you haven’t sampled these
amazing Bad Boys Undercover. I highly recommend PLAYING DIRTY, book one of the
Bad Boys Undercover series by HelenKay Dimon to anyone who, like me, loves some
gritty, down and dirty, shoot-em up, men acting like macho men, action suspense,
and hot dirty sex that will have you fanning yourself and wishing for one of
these sexy bad boys for yourself.

Happy Reading Everyone!

And in case, you don’t know what STRIKE BACK is…here’s
a sample along with the amazing theme song from this incredible series, sadly heading
into its last season. Enjoy!

PLAYING DIRTY, a Bad Boys Undercover novel by
HelenKay Dimon, Avon Romance, available in print and ebook formats at Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.

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purchasing information, remember even pennies per sale using my links help keep
this blog alive. Thank You.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

In a harsh land where corruption rules and women are few, cold realist Hudson Land must purchase a wife to save his farm. Instead of an auction, he witnesses the start of an execution. With his first look at a beautiful woman in years, Hudson knows he has to have her—no matter the cost. Lake, a chemist and a rebel fighter, is resigned to her death, but when some back-hill farmer rescues her from the chopping block she has no intention of simply becoming his wife. She’s pledged her life to the Rebellion and being bought for some stranger’s bed doesn’t change a thing, even if his soft caresses are damn distracting. As lies and secrets build between them, are the quiet moments they’ve shared enough to stand against two warring factions in a world where only the strong survive.

My Review:

TO BUY
A WIFE is Lake's story. Yes, we meet Hudson first, but we learn what he needs
from Lake—protection for his farm, his men, future children, and companionship.
I feel we even get a hint of his wanting love.
After Hudson brings Lake to his farm, he makes a deal with her that she may
have twenty-four hours to do what she needs—something she won't tell him—but
that she must return willingly to him as a wife and eventual mother to his
children. Lake agrees but has absolutely no intention of keeping her promise.
It's at this point that I feel Hudson becomes a secondary character. It becomes
Lake's story, her journey, her mission, and eventually her fight. Hudson comes
across as nothing more than a second thought, and bodyguard. When he does go
after her and makes a deal with the Rebels to retrieve Lake's brother,
Vonn, I felt it even before he declared it that he would easily
accept Vonn into his family—I like Hudson.

Lake is a strong character, a strong female character—KC is good at writing
strong female characters—but I get the feeling of Lake resigning herself
to being Hudson's wife more than desiring it. There’s a bit more feeling from
her at the very end of the story. The romance wasn't wholly evident in
this science fiction romance.

You're probably saying to yourself, uh oh, she didn't like TO BUY A WIFE— not
at all—I liked it very much, I just would like to have seen Lake recognize the
good man that Hudson was from the beginning. He was gentle with her, caring,
treating her like the dove in the story he tells her. The premise of the story
is intriguing. It carries a sci-fi western-esk feel about it reminiscent of FIREFLY
and I like that. I just wanted to feel that Lake really was falling in love
with Hudson.

As the start of this amazing series that truly does work best read in order, TO
BUY A WIFE is a must read to understand what comes next.

In the shards of civilization ruined by a global war, Lake has gotten the life she never dared dreamed of—a safe haven, and the love of a good man, her husband, Hudson Black Creek. But Lake’s hard-won happiness doesn’t last long when powerful Elders lay siege on Black Creek Manor in retaliation for a past defiance. As Lake watches everything she loves go up in flames, she sacrifices herself for the chance to keep Hudson and her brother alive. Syon, a diabolic Elder with his own agenda, will push Lake to her breaking point, forcing her to compromise—heart and soul— in order to survive.

Hudson wakes from a head wound to find that his whole world is reduced to ashes. With no memory of why he’s sacrificed everything for a woman whose name is tattooed on his chest, Hudson is determined to make his heart match the emptiness of his mind, and wipe out everything except the hatred for those who are to blame—the Elders and the wife he sought to protect.

As evil and fear spread across a war-torn land, Lake and Hudson are tested like never before, and both will have to forgive betrayals and risk greater heartbreak if they want a chance at saving their lives… and their love.

My Review:

We
met Lake and Hudson in TO BUY A WIFE, and learned that a man, who has a
wife, is revered with respect, envy, and believed to have great prestige in
this war-torn society. We catch up with Lake, Hudson, and Lake’s little
brother, Vonn, in the midst of an attack on the farm. Lake realizes that the
Elders want her and will stop at nothing, and spare no one to get her in
their clutches. She convinces a wounded Hudson to protect her brother, let the
Elders take her, and come for her later. Things don’t work out exactly how Lake
had hoped. Now a prisoner of the maniacal Syon, too much time has passed for
her to believe that Hudson is ever coming for her. It’s just her again, alone
to fend for herself, and her unborn child.

This
story covers so much in so short a time that you will almost feel like you’re watching
a film in your head. Lake was almost content to be on her own in TO BUY A WIFE,
but in TO KEEP A WIFE, KC Klein weaves a wonderful story about the fear of
loss, fear of abandonment, and the wonder of how love can pull back loving
memories from the darkness and bring a family back together. TO KEEP A WIFE by
KC Klein is the perfect finish to a couple’s story that began with a match not
exactly made in heaven, but ends with a happy ending which will lead us on even
more adventures.

I
highly recommend TO KEEP A WIFE by KC Klein, but do be sure to read TO BUY A
WIFE first because without that lead-in, the fast paced action of this one
might confuse and sully the wonderful intricacy of this amazing tale.

Awakened in the middle of the night by a future version of herself, Kris Davenport is given a mission: go travel in time to save the world–and his life. Of course, her future self doesn’t tell her who he is just sends her into the darkness and straight into an alien invasion.

…must choose between the man who has her heart…

He turns out to be ConRad Smith, the callous, untrusting military commander of Earth’s army and the world’s last defense. There’s only one way for Smith to know for sure if this strange woman is an alien spy–slice her throat. Except, he didn’t anticipate the desire he would feel as he interrogates the hot-tempered, warm-blooded woman.

…or the fate that saves the world.

As Kris and ConRad struggle to trust each other in a world on the brink of destruction, they each will have to face the ultimate choice of whether to fight or die… survive or forgive.

My Review:

DARK
FUTURE by KC Klein is just that—dark, and dangerous. There’s no deception in
the title. The story, written in first person, takes the reader on a journey
with Kris Davenport into a very dark future where danger exists 24/7 and not
always just from the aliens trying to destroy every human being in the universe. This riveting tale about a
future resembling TERMINATOR SALVATION without the giant machines is dark,
bloody, and action-packed.

Kris
is a normal girl trying to make her way in a normal life as a medical intern
when suddenly she finds herself confronted with her future self, who in
comparison is more Sarah Connor than Kris Davenport. Her future self tells her
that she must travel to the future and save him.
Who is this mysterious him? He is
ConRad, the Commander of a military force located on a dark world that is the
last barrier between an alien force and Earth. Kris reluctantly goes. The
connection between these two is turbulent, hot, sexy, and at times frustrating but
if you’ve read the first two books, everything begins to come together. The
adventure Kris embarks on is none like she ever expected, and over time, she
discovers a stronger self and a love that is stronger than time itself. As
a time travel, it has its flaws, they all do, but KC does it up well, and this
is by far one of my all-time favorite futuristic dystopian science fiction
romances—ever! And I’ve read all of KC’s. This was her debut, and oh what a
debut!

I highly recommend this amazing dystopian/sci-fi romance, but I warn you that although
this is a romance, it is not for the faint of heart. It's a futuristic tale
with lots of action but if you're at all squeamish about blood and torture,
this might not be for you. If you're good with lots of action, gun battles,
evil men, mysterious women and don't mind some scenes of torture, then you'll
not be able to put it down. I know, because I couldn't.

“Mmm, you taste human.
Like salt or more like … warm sunshine?” He pinned me with his gaze. His eyes
spoke a primal language. Desire warred with anger; need against punishment.

I looked away.
Embarrassed. Violated. His body crushed mine, suffocating in its nearness. I
couldn’t move. I couldn’t even breathe without crushing my breasts against him.
I always considered myself strong and physically fit, but he subdued me with
barely any effort. Heart racing, I panicked.

The feeling of no
control would break me—complete powerlessness always did. I used whatever
weapon was available; whatever maneuvers would give me a fighting chance. This
was no different. I turned my head, opened my mouth against his neck, and …
sunk my teeth in.

He cursed. Grabbed hold
of my shirt, picked me up, and slammed me back against the wall.

My head hurt so bad I
had to blink hard to keep my eyes in their sockets. “You licked me,” I shouted
back.

He assessed me, aqua
blue eyes hooded with thick, long eyelashes, for what seemed like an eternity.
“I will ask you one more time. Who are you?”

“I’ve told you
everything.” My voice sounded desperate, tired, even to me. “I went running and
fell into the dark … I’m a doctor at a hospital. If you don’t believe me, just
call them. I’ve worked there for years.”

He stood still, his body
hard against mine, creating an insurmountable barrier. His face so close I
could see his pupils enlarge, almost hiding the hard blue of his irises. The
rage in him lived and breathed. One hand ran along my scalp in a mock caress,
grabbed hold of my hair and pulled.

“Liar,” his voice barely
a whisper, the knife was back … shaking at my very exposed, very vulnerable
artery. “There hasn’t been a hospital anywhere on Earth since the year 2075.”
And in one efficient movement, he drew the knife across my throat.

Happy
Reading Everyone!

About the Author

KC Klein has lived most of her life with her head in the clouds and her nose buried in a book.

She did stop reading long enough to make a home with a real life hero, her husband, for over seventeen years. A mother of two children, she spends her time slaying dragons, saving princesses, and championing the belief in the happily-ever-after. Her debut novel, DARK FUTURE, was a 2010 Prism finalist and has been honored with a reviewer’s choice award. She’s the author of the sexy cowboy Texas Fever series, which starts off with, TEXAS WIDE OPEN, available now, and HUSTLIN’ TEXAS, due out December 2013, and also a contributing author to the fun, sci-fi romance anthology, HOTTER ON THE EDGE and HOTTER ON THE EDGE 2. KC loves to hear from readers and can be found desperately pounding away on her laptop in yoga pants and leopard slippers or more conveniently at www.kckleinbooks.com.

Sex demons need constant
climax to survive. Orgies and promiscuous sex tend to be an everyday thing, but
finding love is not. Dive into The Sex Demon Trilogy and meet three sex demons
who find love in the least likely of places. With these tales of love come
danger, heartbreak, and hot, hot sex like only a sex demon can do it.

Sex Demon Zahra
Aniron is a closet romantic. Too bad she spends her time having hot kinky
sex with paying strangers. But the sex demon has to work with what she’s got to
save her sister from her debt to wizard thugs. Then again, there could be worse
things than getting paid for pleasure since a sex demon needs climax to
survive.

As a
blacksmith, Lennox Aegros puts his fury to good use pounding steel
into swords. His real cause for moving into a new town isn’t to sell weaponry,
it’s for revenge. When he finds the succubus he’s been searching for, her
beauty means he can mix business with pleasure. But the joke’s on Lennox,
because as he succeeds in torturing his victim, he realizes that Zahra’s slow
demise means the breaking of a heart he never realized he had.

The
first story in the trilogy, CONFESSIONS OF A SEX DEMON, is a sexy, steamy, on
the edge of BDSM, erotic romance that will leave you craving more from this
talented author. Zahra is a succubus. This means that she needs sexual release
in order to keep up her strength, or she will die. There’s no
better profession for a young beautiful succubus who desperately
need funds to pay off a debt incurred by her drug addicted adopted
sister, Sephina, than prostitution. From the first page, we are drawn
into the world Zahra inhabits. It's not easy, it's not glamorous, and it's
certainly not safe. Then just when she thinks her station in life can sink no
lower, she's kidnapped and tortured without a single notion of why. Lennox
is a man set on revenge. His wife cheated on him with a male succubus who
happens to be Zahra's brother, Reza. When Lennox arrives in the
village of Sprecia, he's immediately drawn to the beautiful sex demon, Zahra,
and plots his revenge on Reza by torturing and possibly killing his sister. The
last thing Lennox expects is to fall in love with the beautiful sex demon.

I
highly recommend CONFESSIONS OF A SEX DEMON by Jaye Shields if you are
even the slightest bit a fan of paranormal romance. This isn't just your normal
vamp/werewolf/witch paranormal either - this is much more and will
have you hooked from the first steamy scene which, by the way, is exactly
where the story begins.

CLAIMING OF A SEX DEMON:

It's not easy for a sex
demon to find a wife, and it's even harder when the perfect woman is already
taken.

Emmerie Winter has only
been married a few months, but depression has made her a fragile stranger in
the arms of her husband. She knows she should love him, but she doesn't, and no
matter how hard she tries, she can't convince her heart otherwise.

When a sex demon with a
boyish grin and a sinful body arrives in town, Emmerie's world is turned upside
down. His intense passion for life sends her depression into hiding, but her
feelings for the sinful male could get her in deep trouble.

A sex demon needs climax
to survive, but that's never been a problem for Reza Aniron as women seem to be
unable to resist his charms…all except for one, a timid, blonde angel who
treats him with complete indifference. But in her eyes he can see a fire that's
just waiting to be released. And he always did love a challenge.

CLAIMING
OF A SEX DEMON by Jaye Shields is actually the prelude to CONFESSIONS OF A SEX
DEMON. You will
get more in the way of backstory when you read CLAIMING OF A SEX DEMON. This
sort of prequel is slightly less paranormal and erotic than CONFESSIONS, but its
erotic romance that takes romance to a new height. Yes, a sex demon comes to
town and destroys a relationship, but somehow it seems right. Emmerie needs
passion in her life, even though she cares deeply for Lennox, and Reza is definitely
the man to give it to her - and boy, does he! Reza is the sexiest sex demon you
will ever meet even as Emmerie is a meek little thing who doesn’t care much for
sex - until she meets Reza. At first, she seems undeserving of such an impassioned man
but soon her sexual side begins to awaken, and it’s obvious that
she and Reza are truly meant for each other.

I
highly recommend this one to anyone who wants some thrill with their romance,
some naughty rather than nice, and a little bit of that somethin' somethin'
that you're looking for in a steamy quick read.

ADDICTIONS OF A SEX
DEMON:

Sephina is about to
trade one addiction for another—and his name is Axel.

Sephina Antara has
gotten into a lot of trouble as a sex demon with a drug addiction. Moving to a
new village was supposed to help her get clean. But when she relapses, it comes
with a side of hot dragon man.

Axel Stavros may be a
drug dealer, but he's also the town healer. Half-human, half-dragon, his blood
can cure just about anything, but it has some erotic side effects for its user,
as the new beauty in town is about to find out…

The
third story in the trilogy, ADDICTIONS OF A SEX DEMON, takes us further into
the unusual realm in which we are journeying when we meet the sexiest half-man
half-dragon you could ever imagine – Axel Stavros. He’ll have you fanning
yourself and begging for more. Sephina is a succubus or sex demon with pink
hair and a great need. She needs regular sexual climax to stay healthy and
with her addiction to ground fae wing, she needs a lot. Meeting Axel, a
Quetzelam in heat, is her salvation since he’s in need of even more sex than
she can ever want. It’s a win-win situation for both and a thrill for us, even
when things get dangerous.

Jaye Shields never ceases to amaze me at how much action, story line, and hot,
steamy sex she manages to fit into a novella. In ADDICTIONS OF A SEX DEMON,
she does no less. Not only does she continue to create a world that is
both unusual yet recognizable, she gives us a deeper insight into the
world of the Quetzelam as well as their unusual needs, and fears. Axel is sexy,
hot stuff, and in more ways than one, yet intriguing and very easy to fall in
love with, just as Sephina does.

THE SEX DEMON TRILOGY:

None
of these stories will disappoint, in fact, read together they will leave you
in much need of cooling off but smiling in satisfaction. I highly recommend THE
SEX DEMON TRILOGY by Jaye Shields to anyone who loves paranormal romance but is
looking for something different from the usual PNR read, and to anyone who
loves romance at its best whether it’s paranormal, contemporary, or historical
– THE SEX DEMON TRILOGY satisfies.

And for a limited time only...this boxed set is only 99¢! Holy Erotic!

Happy Reading Everyone!

About the Author:

Jaye
Shields holds a degree in Anthropology from San Francisco State University with
an emphasis in archaeology. Her previous claims to fame include being a bass
player for a grunge band called the Hymens, being mistaken for Britney Spears
while in Tokyo, and commercial model. She insists the commercial still counts
even though her lines were cut.

​

Born
and raised in Seattle, she now lives in the realm of fog, skyscrapers, and
redwood trees. Happy to call the SF Bay Area home, she spends her time
writing sensual paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Thanks to her
grandmother, she's been reading romance novels since she was ten years old.
Jaye sprinkles her love of history, mythology, and the occult into flaming hot
reads.

Friday, September 18, 2015

A while back, I did a
cover reveal as part of an Avon Impulse tour for DIRTY THOUGHTS, book 1 in the
Mechanics of Love series by Megan Erickson and shared an excerpt as well. After
reading the excerpt myself, I knew without a doubt that I wanted to read this
book. The heat between Cal and Jenna simply poured off the page and I was
hooked. Oh boy, was I glad I decided to read this one.

***purchased
for my own personal reading but sharing my honest and unscripted review with
you.

Blurb for DIRTY
THOUGHTS:

Some things are sexier the second time around.

Cal Payton has gruff and
grumbly down to an art...all the better for keeping people away. And it usually
works. Until Jenna MacMillan---his biggest mistake---walks into Payton and Sons
mechanic shop all grown up, looking like sunshine, and inspiring more than a
few dirty thoughts.

Jenna was sure she was
long over the boy she'd once loved with reckless abandon, but one look at the
steel-eyed Cal Payton has her falling apart all over again. Ten years may have
passed, but the pull is stronger than ever... and this Cal is all man.

Cal may have no
intention of letting Jenna in, but she's always been his light, and it's
getting harder to stay all alone in the dark. When a surprise from the past
changes everything, Cal and Jenna must decide if their connection should be
left alone or if it's exactly what they need for the future of their dreams.

~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Cal
Payton is grumpy even on a good day. His life wasn’t going anything like he
hoped once upon a time. When he graduated high school, he had hopes of opening
a motorcycle repair shop and marrying his beautiful girlfriend but that all
came to sudden stop when he punched her obnoxious brother. When her family
threatened charges, the girl he loved broke things off with him and left town.
His father, a bitter and angry man in his own right, refuses to allow bikes to be
worked on his car repair garage and Cal feels his choices are running out. It might
be time to step away from the family he’s always felt responsible for, and
create his own life.

Jenna
MacMillan had stayed away from the town she’d grown up in, where her family
ruled supreme, and the only boy to ever truly claim her heart still lived. She’s
returned to Tory to use her public relation skills to help bring her family’s
business back from the brink of destruction her brother had managed to cause
and now home was home again but was it possible for things to work the way they
should have, perhaps even better, the second time around?

Megan
Erickson has conjured the most realistic, intriguing, and eclectic group of
characters in DIRTY THOUGHTS, and I loved them all…well, except for Dylan…or
Dill Pickle, as Delilah refers to him, which still makes me laugh. The easy way
between the characters, the natural dialogue, and the way their feelings come
through make the folks of Tory into friends and family. Cal recognizes that he’s
allowing the bitterness of the last ten years and the sense of having lost his
childhood because of his parents’ selfishness and having to be father and
brother to his two siblings wear on him and he fears becoming
exactly like his old man. Having the woman he never stopped loving, the woman
who could brighten his day with just a smile, come back into his life was a
start especially after she told him the truth of the past. He tries to stay
away from her though because he doesn't want to go down that road again...doesn't want to get hurt again. He tries to keep to his isolated place away from everyone so he
can have peace of heart, mind, and soul but Jenna isn’t that easy to ignore. Especially
when a new brother, a half-brother, a teenage brother from his mother’s second
marriage that he never even knew existed shows up on his doorstep, needing him.
She takes him and Asher under her wing, and together they become the family the
young man needs. But the most amazing thing is watching Cal open his heart to
both of them.

Watching
these characters change and grow, fall in love, create love and acceptance, and
worry and fret as only a family can, makes the Paytons my new favorites. Other
than stumbling over editing errors sprinkled throughout the writing, there was nothing
at all wrong with this story. It flowed with ease, steamed up my glasses with the passion between Cal and Jenna, kept me hooked page after
page, and made me smile when I needed to and my heart ache when Cal felt the world
closing in on him. He’s a real man and Jenna is his perfect match. I can’t wait
to read Brent’s story next. Yes, I’m a bit behind because DIRTY TALK is already
out but it's waiting on my reader. I'm coming, Brent!

If
you love a good small town, second chance at love romance, if you love strong
realistic characters full of life and faults, DIRTY THOUGHTS by Megan Erickson
is for you. I highly recommend you read this one. Jenna is not just Cal’s Sunshine - I think she’s everyone’s Sunshine.

Happy
Reading Everyone!

DIRTY
THOUGHTS, a Mechanics of Love novel by Megan Erickson, Avon Impulse, available
now in print and ebook formats at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobobooks.

***click
on links above or cover below for purchasing information, remember even pennies
per sale using my links help keep this blog alive. Thank You.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Today we are revealing the new covers for Nina Mason's Royal Pains, an erotic series set in Scotland and England during the Restoration period (the latter half of the 17th century, for those who don't know). Ms. Mason decided to put new, sexier covers on the series to celebrate the launch of book three, THE DEVIL'S MASQUERADE. All three new covers, the blurbs for the books, and the buy links follow:

Royal Pains, Book One

DEVIL IN DUKE'S CLOTHING

Innocence lost. Paradise found.

Maggie York, a convent-raised foundling, knows the Duke of Dunwoody’s
sexual tastes are a shade or two darker than most, but marries him
anyway—partly because she has no other prospects and partly because, try
as she might, she can’t seem to stop fantasizing about her dashing rake
of a guardian.

Robert Armstrong, the duke, is a Roman Catholic whose extreme
devotions as a child warped his desires as a man. He’s also a slave to
the times in which he lives--and to his king. Everything he is,
everything he holds dear, depends on staying in Charles II’s good
graces. Unfortunately, Maggie isn't the bride the king selected for him.
Now, to make amends, the duke must either whore his wife or be reduced
to a penniless and unprotected commoner at a time when Catholics are
persona non grata in Great Britain.

The tawdry tale of the Duke and Duchess of Dunwoody continues…

Maggie Armstrong, the long-lost illegitimate daughter of the heir
presumptive to the throne, is bedeviled by her husband's limited
definition of fidelity. After observing him in a ménage à trois at the
court of King Charles II, she is determined to bring him around to her
way of thinking—

by any means necessary.

Robert doesn’t mind being punished for his transgressions. Rather,
he enjoys being whipped, especially by his beloved bride. Unfortunately,
her heart might not belong to him alone. His younger brother, who he’d
sent abroad to clear the way for himself, is coming home sooner than
expected, and Maggie’s feelings for Hugh may not be as dead as her
husband had hoped.

Both duke and duchess soon learn, to their peril, Hugh Armstrong is
not the honorable man they’d been led to believe. Insanely jealous of
his brother’s situation, Hugh will stop at nothing to strip Robert of
all he holds dear—including his life.

But the real danger for Robert and Maggie is not the villainous
Marquess, but the growing friction betwixt Catholics and Protestants in
Restoration Era Great Britain.

The year is now
1685 and Maggie's father has just been crowned King of Great Britain,
but that doesn't mean trouble is over for the Duke and Duchess of
Dunwoody. Rather than cool the flames of hatred between Papists and
Protestants, the coronation of a Catholic monarch has only added
accelerant to the already raging blaze. Two-faced devils lurk in every
corner of the royal court, as do diseases with the power to kill and
maim. When Robert falls prey to the smallpox virus, it looks as though
Maggie will lose the two people most precious to her--her beloved
husband and their only child--the son she bore three months before after
five years of heartbreaking miscarriages and stillbirths. The one
person in London who can help save her son demands a steep price in
exchange her services.Will Maggie trade Robert's hard-won fidelity to
save her only child...or offer the apothecary an even more scandalous
alternative?

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